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During a chemical attack on the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Delta Company's compound by the Opposing Force (OPFOR) using a Russian AN-2 bi-plane, SGT Smart sights in on the aircraft with his M-16 rifle. The AN-2 is being used extensively for reconnaissance and chemical warfare during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

Armed with their M-16A2 rifles, 2nd Battalion recruits practice hand-to-hand combat techniques

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, launches an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) during Exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL)

A 1ST Battalion recruit participates in a hand-to-hand drill, armed with his bayonet-equipped M-16A2 rifle

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16D Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with two AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and one AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile, assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing (FW) Arizona (AZ), Air National Guard (ANG) flies a mission over Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), during the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 21st Fighter Squadron (FS), Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona, launches an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles over the Gulf of Mexico, during the Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program, Combat Archer, hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron, located at Tyndall AFB, Florida

A US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN, simulating an enemy aggressor, aims his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle at an unsuspecting convoy during an ambush scenario, conducted during Exercise RED DEVIL, which is a joint USAF 50th and 21st Space Wing (SW) deployment exercise held at Fort Carson, Colorado (CO)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 121st Fighter Squadron (FS), District of Columbia Air National Guard (DCANG), armed with an AIM-9MA Sidewinder Missile and equipped with an airborne instrumentation pod, in flight over the Gulf of Mexico, while participating in Exercise COMBAT ARCHER, a air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL)

Two US Army soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, head for cover after a simulated aerial chemical attack against their camp on McGregor Range, Fort Bliss, Texas. The (Not Shown) chemical attacks are executed by Russian helicopters operated by members of the Opeational Test and Evauation Command, Threat Support Activity, Biggs Army Airfield, TX in support of Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, 21 April 1997

During a chemical attack by the Opposition Force (OPFOR) with an AN-2 Colt Russian bi-plane, US Army, Sergeant (SGT) Smart, Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Artillery, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, aims an M16 rifle at the aircraft. The AN-2 was used extensively for reconnaissance and chemical warfare during Exercise ROVING SANDS '97. McGregor Range, Fort Bliss, Texas, 22 April 1997

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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97

Base: Fort Bliss

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A deptuy from the Gem County Sheriffs Department participate

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